diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f94d62df..5b8f8543 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,101 +12,14 @@ from distutils.errors import DistutilsArgError
 SRC_DIR = 'src'
 this_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
-virtualenv_path = os.environ.get('VIRTUAL_ENV')
-site_packages_dir = None
-if virtualenv_path:
-    virtualenv_path = os.path.abspath(virtualenv_path)
-    site_packages_dirs = [d for d in sys.path if d.startswith(virtualenv_path) and d.rstrip(os.sep).endswith('site-packages')]
-    if site_packages_dirs:
-        site_packages_dir = site_packages_dirs[0]
-
-
-def build_dependencies(data_dir=None, prefix=None, lib_dir=None):
-    subprocess.check_call(['sh', os.path.join(this_dir, 'bootstrap.sh')])
-    configure_command = ['sh', os.path.join(this_dir, 'configure')]
-    if data_dir:
-        configure_command.append('--datadir={}'.format(data_dir))
-    if prefix:
-        configure_command.append('--prefix={}'.format(prefix))
-    if lib_dir:
-        configure_command.append('--libdir={}'.format(lib_dir))
-    subprocess.check_call(configure_command)
-    subprocess.check_call(['make', 'install'])
-
-
-def normalized_path(path):
-    return os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(path)))
-
-
-def get_prefix_path(prefix=None):
-    if prefix is None and virtualenv_path:
-        prefix = virtualenv_path
-
-    if prefix is not None:
-        prefix = normalized_path(prefix)
-
-    return prefix
-
-
-class InstallWithDependencies(install):
-    user_options = install.user_options + [
-        ('datadir=', None, 'Data directory for libpostal models'),
-        ('prefix=', None, 'Install prefix for libpostal'),
-        ('libdir=', None, 'lib directory for libpostal'),
-    ]
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        self.datadir = None
-        self.prefix = None
-        self.libdir = None
-        install.initialize_options(self)
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        self.prefix = get_prefix_path(self.prefix)
-
-        if self.prefix is not None and not os.path.exists(self.prefix):
-            os.mkdir(self.prefix)
-
-        if self.datadir is None and self.prefix:
-            self.datadir = os.path.join(self.prefix, 'data')
-
-        if self.datadir is not None:
-            self.datadir = normalized_path(self.datadir)
-            if not os.path.exists(self.datadir):
-                os.mkdir(self.datadir)
-
-        if self.libdir is None and site_packages_dir is not None:
-            self.libdir = site_packages_dir
-
-        install.finalize_options(self)
-
-    def run(self):
-        build_dependencies(self.datadir, prefix=self.prefix, lib_dir=self.libdir)
-        install.run(self)
-
 
 def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('--prefix')
-    args, _ = parser.parse_known_args()
-
-    prefix_path = get_prefix_path(args.prefix)
-    include_dirs = []
-    library_dirs = []
-
-    if prefix_path is not None:
-        include_dirs.append(os.path.join(prefix_path, 'include'))
-        library_dirs.append(os.path.join(prefix_path, 'lib'))
-
     setup(
         name='pypostal',
         version='0.2',
         install_requires=[
             'six',
         ],
-        cmdclass={
-            'install': InstallWithDependencies,
-        },
         ext_modules=[
             Extension('postal.text._tokenize',
                       sources=[os.path.join(SRC_DIR, f)
@@ -138,20 +51,14 @@ def main():
                       ),
             Extension('postal._expand',
                       sources=['python/postal/pyexpand.c'],
-                      include_dirs=[this_dir] + include_dirs,
                       libraries=['postal'],
-                      library_dirs=library_dirs,
                       extra_compile_args=['-std=c99',
-                                          '-DHAVE_CONFIG_H',
                                           '-Wno-unused-function'],
                       ),
             Extension('postal._parser',
                       sources=['python/postal/pyparser.c'],
-                      include_dirs=[this_dir] + include_dirs,
                       libraries=['postal'],
-                      library_dirs=library_dirs,
                       extra_compile_args=['-std=c99',
-                                          '-DHAVE_CONFIG_H',
                                           '-Wno-unused-function'],
                       ),
         ],